Marketplace Money for Friday, October 18, 2013
This Week: Financial Health. Money can motivate us in all sorts of ways. Change your job. Pick one house over another. And in some instances, change our behavior. We spend time this week with two folks who have done that: using money to lose weight. Workplaces are also getting into the act. Using financial carrots and sticks to encourage healthier lifestyles for their workers. Plus, how should we learn about personal finance? With schools? And get some answers to these personal finance puzzles: When should you put a home on the market? What’s the math behind taking money out of your portfolio if you don’t want go back to work?
This Week: Financial Health. Money can motivate us in all sorts of ways. Change your job. Pick one house over another. And in some instances, change our behavior. We spend time this week with two folks who have done that: using money to lose weight. Workplaces are also getting into the act. Using financial carrots and sticks to encourage healthier lifestyles for their workers. Plus, how should we learn about personal finance? With schools? And get some answers to these personal finance puzzles: When should you put a home on the market? What’s the math behind taking money out of your portfolio if you don’t want go back to work?
